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Dashboard Overview

The main dashboard shows your key metrics at a glance:

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

  • Organic Traffic - Total visitors from Google and other search engines
  • Avg. Position - Your average ranking position across all tracked keywords
  • Keywords Ranking - How many keywords rank in top 10, 20, 100
  • Articles Published - Total content published in selected time period
  • Indexed Pages - Pages Google has in its index

Traffic Analytics

Traffic Sources

See where your visitors come from:
  • Organic Search - From Google and search engines
  • Direct - Visitors typing your URL
  • Referral - From links on other sites
  • Social - From social media platforms
  • View traffic over time (day, week, month, year)
  • Compare periods to track growth
  • Identify seasonal patterns
  • Spot traffic anomalies

Top Performing Articles

  • Which articles drive the most traffic
  • Traffic trend for each article (up, down, stable)
  • Keywords each article ranks for
  • Estimated monthly organic traffic per article

Keyword Ranking Metrics

Ranking Distribution

  • How many keywords rank in positions 1-3 (high value)
  • Positions 4-10 (good visibility)
  • Positions 11-20 (room for improvement)
  • Position 21+ (needs optimization)

Ranking Changes

Track how your rankings change:
  • Keywords improving (going up in position)
  • Keywords declining (going down in position)
  • New keywords ranking for first time
  • Keywords fell out of top 100

Visibility Score

Moonrank’s proprietary metric showing your total estimated search visibility:
  • Accounts for ranking position AND search volume
  • Higher visibility = more clicks
  • Track if your total visibility is growing or shrinking

Article Performance

Individual Article Metrics

For each published article:
  • Total views
  • Estimated organic traffic
  • Keyword ranking for target keyword
  • Engagement (time on page, bounce rate)
  • Backlinks pointing to the article

Article ROI

Calculate return on investment:
  • Estimated content creation time
  • Estimated traffic value (based on industry benchmarks)
  • When the article paid for itself
  • Total lifetime value

Content Performance Comparison

Compare Articles

  • Side-by-side article performance
  • Identify what makes top performers successful
  • Apply lessons to future content

Benchmark Against Competitors

  • How your articles compare to competitors
  • Your share of traffic for key keywords
  • Opportunities to improve visibility

Custom Reports

Create Custom Reports

  1. Click “Create Report”
  2. Select metrics to include
  3. Choose date range
  4. Add filters by topic, author, keyword
  5. Generate report

Schedule Automated Reports

  • Daily, weekly, or monthly reports
  • Sent automatically to your email
  • Share with stakeholders
  • Export as PDF

Report Templates

  • Executive Summary (KPIs only)
  • Detailed Performance (all metrics)
  • Author Performance (by team member)
  • Topic Performance (by topic/pillar)

Goal Tracking

Set & Track Goals

  1. Go to Analytics → Goals
  2. Create SMART goals:
    • “Rank in top 10 for 50 keywords”
    • “Drive 10,000 monthly organic visitors”
    • “Publish 12 articles in Q1”
  3. Moonrank tracks progress toward goals
  4. Get alerts when you achieve milestones

Achieve Badges

Complete goals to earn achievement badges:
  • Traffic milestones
  • Ranking achievements
  • Content volume
  • Content quality

Data Export

Export Data

  • Download any report as CSV or PDF
  • Integrate data with your BI tools
  • Create custom dashboards in Google Sheets or Data Studio
  • Automate reporting workflows

API Access

Use our API to pull analytics data programmatically:
  • Real-time ranking data
  • Traffic metrics
  • Article performance
  • Custom data pulls